Matthew Winchcombe

Excellent, intelligent and balanced commentary from Saturdays game - wish we had something similar from Saints games without the tribal nonsense. So nice to be back in a league with proper fans of the game #saintsfc #wxmafc

Totally agree, can't believe you bought him from us. The speed and agility of an oil tanker

This has aged well 🤣

I worry that despite the plethora of attacking options that came off the bench, none of them is actually good enough to lead the line as the 9. Especially in this brave new world where we cross the ball. Certainly none of them would succeed in the Prem. We're a 2010 Rickie Lambert short for me

Wednesday at home, in the state they're in, think you'll be comfortably top of the league by the end of the day

The contrast in reporting these stories is nuts, right? It's not just me?

I think maybe we underestimate the mental fragility of the squad, I think Still wanted a solid, uneventful, catastrophe-free first half of the season

As for the tactical changes, I can think of several managers in our recent past to whom the idea of bringing on strikers to win a game would be alien

How nice not to have the football trash your weekend #saintsfc

I think the back 5 and 2 holding players were to absorb the early Wrexham energy but the forward players were much too isolated. Much improved with the substitutions

Yes, first goal for saints. Thought Matty would take it tbh, glad he didn't

So many strikers, so little confidence. Thats what you get from a season like last year

James Ward-Manning #saintsfc

Forward line very isolated with 5 at the back and two holding players. Especially with the lack of height. A few decent balls into the box but need a Rickie Lambert in the middle

Thats true 👍🏻

Quarshie clumsy, Edwards naive, Charles lacks urgency, Robinson quiet, Armstrong too short. Downes, Stephens and Fraser playing ok. Officiating abysmal #saintsfc

Here we go again! Need an early goal to shut the Wrexham fans up a bit, theyre well up for this #saintsfc

Good player for us under Hasenhüttl. Always limited in terms of pace or ball winning but Ralph got him much more aggressive and effective. Once Ralph left he lost his edge again but by then was 'Mr Southampton' and the free kicks were still going in. Not surprised it hasn't quite worked elsewhere

I like the "pay the asking price or fuck off" stance of Parsons. Trollope seems a really good guy too

Ward-Prowse started for us last time around, we all thought he would stay and then back came West Ham...

I didn't have an issue with it tbh. Thought the panel all spoke well, come across as competent and intelligent. If you bother to go to an event like that youre entitled to ask whatever question you want. Nothing groundbreaking ever really comes out of these events #saintsfc

Wish they'd all just get on with it so we know what we've got left to work with. Absolute nonsense that we all start the season with weeks of the transfer window still to endure

Good job theyre not filming a Disney documentary otherwise beating Saints in the their opening match would make a great first episode of the new season.

Agree though, I'd rather start slow and come through strong at the end than start well and choke with 10 games to go

Join the queue #saintsfc

Unfortunately I fear we will start pretty slowly

Tell yourself whatever you need to 🤣

Case in point 🤷🏻‍♂️

Everton walking away from a player they've been pursuing because they're short of £5m when they've known the asking price all along. Of course they are. Client journalists writing exactly what they're asked to write 🤷🏻‍♂️ #saintsfc

Everton fans think Everton is a far more attractive destination than the rest of us

Imagine if a Champions League team was in for one of their players and the boot was on the other foot, there'd be uproar

Or... Everton could pay the asking price? 🤷🏻‍♂️ #saintsfc